The Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government plans to exercise its right, as part of a TIF approval, to fill in the CentrePointe development if no work is done on the long-delayed downtown development.

A bill that would ban tolls for the $2.6 billion Brent Spence Bridge replacement project now has the support of the Kentucky governor. Gov. Matt Bevin will support legislation his predecessor, Gov. Steve Beshear, had vetoed for its ban on tolls to help build a new Ohio River bridge.

In Lexington, company and town officials agree Shire Pharmaceuticals is meeting and surpassing expectations for its public-private partnership, according to Wicked Local.

Fears about potential environmental contamination had kept buyers away from a prime stretch of Louisville real estate. One local developer finally bought the property and worked with a geologist and consultant to turn a former brownfield into a restaurant.

The Berea College Appalachian Fund has awarded a grant to Kentucky Highland Investment Corporation for a pilot program that will create a network of grant writers and administrators to work with small organizations located in the Promise Zone.

Legislation that would authorize the use of public-private partnerships cleared the Kentucky House Appropriations and Revenue Committee on an 18-4 vote on Tuesday.

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